French school of the 19th century

French school of the 19th century.
"Venus de Milo".
Bronze.
Measurements: 32 x 10 cm.

The Aphrodite of Milo, better known as Venus de Milo, is one of the most representative statues of the Greek Hellenistic period, and one of the most famous sculptures of ancient Greece. It was created between 130 and 100 BC, and represents Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and beauty. Made of white marble, 211 cm high, the original statue was found in Milo, in the Cyclades, by a peasant, and sold to France between 1819 and 1829. It is currently preserved in the Louvre Museum in Paris. In it, the classical contrapposto imprints a slight movement to the body, in studied harmonization with the slight twist of the torso and the flexion of a leg, adopting as a whole the serpentine form that scholars call "Praxitelian curve", thus being one of the most outstanding exponents of Greek sculpture in its assumptions of serene beauty. The bronze transfers in this material the textural contrast between the fine skin and the draped fabric, between the smooth flesh and the undulating folds.